GUILTY MO - Matthew Barnett for sexual assault, child endangerment, Maryville, 2012

Men and teenage boys are able to control themselves if they want to do so. They are not animals unable to control their urges. Kids will sneak out and hang out. It doesn't mean they are asking to be raped. Nor do they deserve to be. There is an age for consent but no one who is drunk can legally consent.There is something wrong with someone who wants to rape an unconscious person. Because it really is rape. This girl was a child. Alcohol use by females doesn't mean she is asking for it. That was the theme 50 years ago.
 
Men and teenage boys are able to control themselves if they want to do so. They are not animals unable to control their urges. Kids will sneak out and hang out. It doesn't mean they are asking to be raped. Nor do they deserve to be. There is an age for consent but no one who is drunk can legally consent.There is something wrong with someone who wants to rape an unconscious person. Because it really is rape. This girl was a child. Alcohol use by females doesn't mean she is asking for it. That was the theme 50 years ago.

Exactly. Even if she was an adult, being drunk would have meant she couldn't consent. Nothing ever warrants rape and it's just not that difficult to respect others and not rape them.

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Is it really too much to ask that human beings not act like animals, and take advantage of a perceived weakness in another human being?

I completely agree with your post, you put it so much better than I could have. Thank you.
 
I really do wish the world was a sweet as many are postulating. Sadly, it is not. Of course little girls should be able to sneak out of their bedrooms and into a place where young, testosterone filled males are partying. In a perfect world, young ladies would not have urges (sexual or fanciful), they would be content to grow up. Alas, this is not a perfect world.

I do not condemn the young ladies? who snuck out, nor do I condemn the young men. I believe I'm questioning if anything would have been made of this, if there wasn't a video?

Can anyone here give an honest answer?
 
I really do wish the world was a sweet as many are postulating. Sadly, it is not. Of course little girls should be able to sneak out of their bedrooms and into a place where young, testosterone filled males are partying. In a perfect world, young ladies would not have urges (sexual or fanciful), they would be content to grow up. Alas, this is not a perfect world.

I do not condemn the young ladies? who snuck out, nor do I condemn the young men. I believe I'm questioning if anything would have been made of this, if there wasn't a video?

Can anyone here give an honest answer?


IMO, the question of reporting under whatever circumstances can only be answered by the victim.
 
If I walk down the street in a mini skirt, I AM innocent. If I walk down the street naked, I'm guilty of indecent exposure, for which the penalty is a prison sentence not a rape. And I don't think there's anything particularly feminist about thinking rape is never excusable regardless of what the woman is wearing. If it were, why do we never hear of rape in nudist colonies or on nude beaches?

Why is it only ever rape that produces this blame the victim reaction anyway? If I carelessly leave my purse lying around and it gets robbed, would anybody feel the need to make excuses for the thief? I doubt it somehow.
 
Mother of alleged victim in Maryville case releases secret recordings



http://www.kansascity.com/2013/10/17/4559823/mother-of-alleged-victim-in-maryville.html


Excerpts of secret recording in Maryville case

Melinda Coleman on Thursday provided excerpts from what she said was a secret recording of a conversation with Nodaway County Prosecutor Robert L. Rice near the end of May 2012.

Here is a partial transcript.


http://www.kansascity.com/2013/10/17/4559930/excerpts-of-secret-recording-in.html
So the DA is right the Coleman's took the fifth and he had to drop the charges! And the Mother is clearly lying!
 
She could have easily consumed more Alcohol after the sexual encounter.

Have you even read the facts of this case? When her friend and another boy went into the bedroom she was babbling like a baby and had to be carried out to the car. This other boy, btw, confessed.

No one, no matter what they do, deserve to be raped, ever!
 
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3. Websleuths is a victim friendly site. This young girl is a victim and the young boy is an 'alleged' perp.
4. It doesn't matter what she wore, when she wore it, who's house or room the alleged incident happened, she's still considered a victim.

It's not really 'alleged' that there was sexual activity as even the young man said it DID HAPPEN. He just says it was consentual, she said it wasn't. She had a .13 alcohol level at the hospital, several hours later. So it's safe to say she was legally drunk, albeit underage as well. Someone mentioned if the sexual activity was while she was drunk or passed out, she was beyond 'giving permission,' therefore it's rape.

5. She was 14, he was 17.
6. The second victim was raped by another perp, that case has already been settled in juvenile court. case closed.

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Thanks all!
fran
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It would not matter what behavior this girl had or exhibited. Or that she drank alcohol. These things don't "just happen". Some one decides to take advantage of someone under aged who is not legally able to make an informed decision based on the fact that she was drunk. The guys are responsible for their behavior. They did the crime. She didn't drink after the rape. She was left in front of her mother's house in the cold to die. She was unconscious. I'm surprised she didn't die from alcohol poisoning or hypothermia. NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO FORCE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR. A woman (if able to consent legally) can say no anytime. No wonder so many won't call LE for rape. JMO
 
#OPMARYVILLE ANONYMOUS RALLY WILL BE LIVESTREAMED HERE

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Duane Lester

Tomorrow night Maryville is expecting 2,000+ Guy Fawkes mask wearing, Daisy Coleman supporters to be on the town square, protesting for #Justice4Daisy.

http://themissouritorch.com/2013/10/21/opmaryville-anonymous-rally-livestreamed/

live-stream link: http://themissouritorch.com/live/


THE MISSOURI TORCH LIVE STREAM
Live stream .......... http://themissouritorch.com/live/



Looks like it's going to be a news conference. Live mic's open. LOL

fran


ETA, haahaa! Looks like MAYBE no one showed up! Not sure. Well, there are some people there, probably the town's people. ;) I'm gonna have to run. If anyone watches, let us know what happened please! :wave:
 
THE MISSOURI TORCH LIVE STREAM
Live stream .......... http://themissouritorch.com/live/



Looks like it's going to be a news conference. Live mic's open. LOL

fran


ETA, haahaa! Looks like MAYBE no one showed up! Not sure. Well, there are some people there, probably the town's people. ;) I'm gonna have to run. If anyone watches, let us know what happened please! :wave:

A woman with a bullhorn talking about rape culture ,,,
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Included a screen shot because this is all I saw for 10 minutes! ( funny)


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They are there as a community to say NO to RAPE CULTURE Woo HOO!

Salem
 
Now an older man speaking about rape being one of the worst crimes a man can commit.

Salem
 
What happened? I lost the rally and now I'm looking at a chair with a mike in front of it and can hear some kind of background conversation going on.

Salem
 
Well I lost it all and now I have to go cook. But it looks like they got a good turn out!

Salem
 

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